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On barbecue, there really isn't much anyone who can do Xuzhou.
On the map of Chinese barbecue,
Northeast China and Xinjiang have always been huge presences that cannot be ignored.
Beyond that, it's hard to name another place that's famous for its barbecue.
Until Kunisaki Jun went to a city,
Completely subverted the worldview!
Who would have thought, the grandfather of the barbecue,
It's actually a city in the south.
Even the most delicious Grandpa Pengzu,
All were born here.
This unexpected barbecue city,
It is hidden in the northern city of Jiangsu - Xuzhou.
Although it is not very famous, don't underestimate it.
Because the kebab was invented in the Xuzhou area.
Anyone who has been to Xuzhou knows that
Every cell in Xuzhou's body,
All are celebrating barbecue with life.
It's time to justify Xuzhou's name:
Figure | From "A String of Life"
When you first walked into the barbecue block of Xuzhou people,
You will definitely be shocked by the scene in front of you.
Sheep's eye, oil loin, lamb skewers,
Plate tendons, stinky dried, edamame peanuts, eggplant peppers...
How gorgeous the ingredients are, how fierce the roasting is.
▍ The first feature of Xuzhou barbecue: bigger than chili peppers than oil
Speaking of Xuzhou alone, many people do not know which province Xuzhou is from.
Xuzhou, Anhui? Or Xuzhou, Shandong?
No, it's Xuzhou, Jiangsu!
Jiangsu diet has never liked spicy, but Xuzhou people especially like to eat spicy.
Night falls, the lights are on, xuzhou's noisy supper stalls,
Even the air is permeated with a strong spicy smell.
"Big pepper, big oil" is the standard of Xuzhou barbecue.
Smear with a large amount of oil, and then sprinkle a layer of red peppers,
Fragrant and seductive meat skewers, oily and radiant.
Take a bite and your mouth is full of incense.
Chew it for a long aftertaste.
We all think that the taste of Jiangsu diet is fresh and light,
The people of Xuzhou only want to laugh and not speak,
"Hot, spicy, fragrant, it's called barbecue, isn't it?"
▍ The second feature of Xuzhou barbecue: grilled with iron skewers
Douban scored a high score of 9.0 points in the food documentary "A String of Life",
Inside there is the figure of Xuzhou barbecue.
It is said that the grilled skewers in northeast Xinjiang are fierce,
But it does not belong to Xuzhou in the north,
Grill the skewers and make them even more vigorous.
In addition to the abundance of ingredients, the pepper is greater than the oil,
They are very particular about "baking".
Elsewhere, most are made with bamboo sticks.
Xuzhou kebabs are a must use iron skewers.
Iron swab, easy to conduct heat,
Baked hot on the fire, it can make the ingredients heat inside and out,
Cook faster, stay tastier, and not easier to bake.
▍ The third feature of Xuzhou barbecue: you have to bake it yourself
That's right
You pay for barbecue,
You have to bake yourself,
This is Xuzhou BBQ.
Every little oven,
The owner will make the basic seasoning well.
Baked until half cooked,
The next sentence is "You'll take care of the rest."
It's not that the boss of Xuzhou is lazy,
It's that every diner has his own taste,
Only you know,
What should it taste like to have the string that fits the soul the most?
If you don't know how to grill,
It's the right place to come to Xuzhou.
Any barbecue white,
Just stay here for a little while,
You can learn from "The King of Seven Days Of Barbecue"
An exclusive secret that is not passed on.
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You know sheep's eye, sheep ball, lamb loin, oil loin, oil-wrapped liver,
Hoof tendons, shiitake mushrooms, potatoes, steamed buns... Bbq time,
It's not the same.
Although you have to bake it yourself,
You can see the big pieces of sheep oil on the oil waist,
Dripping on the charcoal fire, the moment the flame rises.
Even if you are tired and bitter,
In this moment, "the world is worth it"!
The most grounded and happiest thing in Xuzhou is to eat barbecue.
Roasted lavishly, enjoyable eating,
Real barbecue, hidden in Xuzhou.
Xuzhou barbecue is the real king of supper.
Some people may not be convinced,
Why is Xuzhou the king of the barbecue industry?
Where to put Dajinzhou's face?
But when you see the Han portrait stone unearthed in the territory of Tongshan in Xuzhou,
Then I knew that the Kunikan Jun was not speaking wildly.
As early as the Han Dynasty,
Xuzhou has recorded a lot of content related to barbecue.
On the Han portrait stone unearthed in Xuzhou,
Vividly depicts the scene of the ancient people's barbecue.
In other words, Xuzhou people have been eating barbecue for more than 2,000 years.
You know, the world-famous Jinzhou barbecue,
It only started in the 80s of the last century.
At that time, Xinjiang people set up stoves on the streets of Jinzhou,
Pulling The Xinjiang dialect shouted and sold lamb kebabs.
The nimble Jinzhou people,
With a flash of inspiration, he realized the code of wealth.
Since then, Jinzhou Barbecue has been upgraded all the way to fight monsters and is famous throughout the country.
However, Xuzhou is different.
Mr. Lü Jingzhi, who is committed to inheriting and innovating Chinese landscape painting,
He often said to the students of Xuzhou Sixteenth Middle School:
The beauty of Xuzhou lies in the mountains and waters, and even more in the ancients.
But those who have been to Xuzhou,
We can feel the "ancient" of Xuzhou, which lies in her "Han culture".
"The Ming and Qing dynasties look at Beijing, the Qin and Tang dynasties look at Xi'an, and the two Han dynasties look at Xuzhou",
Compared with Xi'an in Beijing, Xuzhou may lack a sense of existence.
But Han culture in Xuzhou is not just a slogan.
December 28, 256 BC,
A baby was born in Fengyi, Pei County (present-day Feng County, Xuzhou),
- His name is Liu Bang.
Liu Bang established the Han Dynasty,
It also makes xuzhou, its hometown, the origin and gathering place of the two Han cultures.
The Han cultural resources here are numerous and of high grade,
Especially with Han tombs, Han terracotta warriors, Han portrait stones,
This "Three Absolutes of the Han Dynasty" is famous.
The remnants of the two Han cultures in Xuzhou are numerous and large-scale.
Two Han Dynasties for more than four hundred years,
Thirteen kings of Chu and five kings of Pengcheng appeared in Xuzhou,
There are eighteen royal tombs, collectively known as the "Eighteen Tombs of the Han Dynasty in Xuzhou".
More than that,
Xuzhou also had the sub-feudal vassal state xia pi during the Eastern Han Dynasty...
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"Tombs of King Chu of Hanchu in Xuzhou"
It has been preliminarily formulated as a World Heritage Declaration Project in Xuzhou.
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Xiang Yu's CimaTai, Liu Bang's Surabaya Pavilion, Su Shi's Crane Pavilion,
The Great Stone Buddha of the Northern Wei Dynasty, the Swallow Tower of the Tang Dynasty, the Dungeons of the Ming and Qing Dynasties...
Every attraction exudes a strong cultural atmosphere.
Xuzhou, not only gathers the essence of the two Han cultures,
It is also a living three-dimensional history of the Han Dynasty.
"Han culture" can often be heard in life,
So what exactly is Han culture?
Xuzhou, in ancient times, belonged to the Dongyi tribe.
Dongyi is the collective name of the eastern tribes in the Central Plains in ancient times.
The so-called Han culture,
That is, the Huaxia tribe and other tribes,
Through politics, trade, or marriage, war, etc.,
After the integration of different ethnic groups, the final cultural sum.
Xuzhou,
East of the Yellow Sea, west of the Central Plains, south of Jianghuai, north of Qilu,
Geography matters.
The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal passes through the border, and the Longhai Railway intersects here.
It is known as the "Thoroughfare of the Five Provinces".
It is convenient in transportation, easy to transport grain and troops,
Since ancient times, it has been a place where soldiers must fight.
Since its own record,
In the long river of thousands of years of history,
There were more than 400 large and small wars in Xuzhou.
From the Western Chu overlord Xiang Yu led 30,000 iron horses to defeat Liu Bang by 560,000 and retake Pengcheng.
By the Time of the Three Kingdoms,
Xuzhou Taishou saved the people from war and ceded Xuzhou to Liu Bei,
It has achieved the classic three kingdoms story of "three words and three concessions".
the great national integration brought about by the war,
The resulting Han culture has long been deeply rooted in the genes of Xuzhou.
In this province of Jiangsu,
If Nanjing is thick, Suzhou is soft, Yangzhou is elegant,
Then Xuzhou is very heroic, not Jiangsu at all,
On the contrary, there is some "northern flavor".
You say she's the South.
Xuzhou enjoys Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai free shipping,
There is also heating - the configuration of standard northern cities.
Spicy soup buns, soup, pork belly, steamed buns, fritters filled with eggs...
These special foods, when you hear the name, are very "northern".
Figure | Steamed buns
You say she's the North,
Xuzhou also has a gentle and exquisite temperament in the south.
Xuzhou Qinshu, Liuqin Opera, Suining Children's Painting and other folk culture,
Which doesn't highlight the elegance of the South?
In fact, Xuzhou is very interesting,
Neither south nor north, both south and north.
In the public impression,
Suzhou, which borders Zhejiang, is a southern province,
Xuzhou is located in the north of Jiangsu and naturally belongs to the south.
But from a geographical point of view, Xuzhou is located north of the Huai River,
Strictly speaking, it must be divided into northern cities.
Xuzhou is like this,
There is both the arrogance of the north and the grace of the south.
The "Han culture" represented by Xuzhou,
It is a great fusion culture that combines the north and the south.
Unique geographical environment and profound cultural precipitation,
It has created an open and inclusive attitude of Xuzhou people.
Xuzhou's GDP ranked 27th in the country,
In addition to being an economically strong city, it is also a city with a large population.
According to the seventh census,
The permanent population of Xuzhou is 9.0838 million people,
The size of the permanent population ranks 29th in the country.
Among them, the floating population is about 1.436 million people.
Although Xuzhou is rich, it is almost not exclusive,
There is little regional bias against the foreign population.
It understands the gentleness and delicacy of the South,
I also understand the rough and heavy mouth of the north.
Skewers of cumin powder peppers,
Sweet and sour taste of small cold mix...
People from all over the world come here,
You can find your favorite food.
Ultimately
The taste of Xuzhou is the taste of fusion,
You can eat whatever you want.
Whether it is a local or an outsider,
In the hot summer weather.
About three or two friends, sitting at a late-night food stall,
Blowing warm wind, drinking cold draft beer,
While roasting and eating, while laughing and laughing,
Sometimes whispering, sometimes arguing, sometimes even singing.
It's noisy, but it doesn't feel noisy.
On the contrary, it seems very kind.
These Xuzhou people who work hard for their livelihood during the day,
Whenever night falls,
It opens up a different kind of life from the city.
On each oven you will find,
Everyone has their own difficulties:
Worry about money, struggle for life.
But everyone in their own way,
To fight against life.
Work, takeout,
Didi, do business...
These people with very different identities,
Invariably, they all blend into the supper stalls.
A few skewers, a few bottles of beer,
No taboos, crying and laughing by you.
They were embarrassed, and they had been beautiful.
They have cried, but they often smile at others.
Living in Xuzhou,
It's not necessarily like living in a first-tier city.
Make your scenery decent.
But when you are at the loneliest in your life,
Get a little healing and warm yourself.
Maybe you and I should all have such a Xuzhou,
In the pale and powerless days,
Get some solace,
Go live with life.
It's the arrogance of the late-night roadside barbecue stalls,
It is also the ordinary and hot city life.
Reference:
Pengcheng Evening News, Multimedia Digital News: "Big as Chili Peppers Big as Oil"
Meng Zhaoyi: A Study on the Historical and Geographical Characteristics and Regional Cultural Characteristics of Xuzhou
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